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Artworks
JOHN PANGNARK (1920-1980) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Figure, c. 1972-74stone, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 in (11.4 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm)
signed, "ᐸᓂ".LOT 73
ESTIMATE: $3,000 — $5,000
PRICE REALIZED: $3,360.00Further images
Filtered through the artist's particular economical genius, even smaller scale works such as this one are transformed into something timeless and even monumental. Figure is distilled and abstracted into Pangnark’s...Filtered through the artist's particular economical genius, even smaller scale works such as this one are transformed into something timeless and even monumental. Figure is distilled and abstracted into Pangnark’s trademark minimalist sculptural language. Subtly shaped and smoothed to a soft matte surface, the stone used for this work highlights the elemental purity of the sculpture’s form. The streamlined body is reduced to only its essential features: delicately delineated facial features and two arms. From the solid mass of stone that indicates the lower part of the body, Figure tapers effortlessly upward at a slight angle before culminating in the rounded form of a hood.
References: It is difficult to find direct comparables for the artist’s works but for a somewhat similar example of Pangnark’s works see November 2021, Lot 38. For numerous other works by Pangnark in various shapes and sizes see First Arts, Nov. 2021, Lots 38-39; July 2021, Lots 32, 61; Dec. 2020, Lot 88; July 2020, Lot 30. See also George Swinton, Sculpture of the Inuit, (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972/92), figs. 56, 615-624; Norman Zepp, Pure Vision: The Keewatin Spirit, (Regina; Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1986), cats. 20-31; and Bernadette Driscoll, Eskimo Point/Arviat, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982), cats. 59-72.Provenance
Waddington's Auctions, Toronto, 6 May 2013, Lot 60;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Europe.
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